Chapter 922: Study Abroad Matters

Night falls. read

There were little cold stars hanging in the sky.

Gong Ying ordered people to clean up the general's mansion so that Zhao Xu could rest.

Pan Chang personally led the marines to guard the general's mansion on the outside.

Xu Lie commanded the guards to guard the inner palace.

"Your Highness, Hojo Kawakei asked to see you and said that he had sent some gifts to His Highness."

When Zhao Xu was about to take a rest, Xu Lie's voice came.

"A gift?" Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, "What gift do you want to give so late?"

Xu Lie showed an ambiguous smile, "Your Highness, you will know it when you see it with your own eyes."

Zhao Xu was thinking about how to deal with the invading Western-Turkish coalition forces next, so he nodded without thinking too much.

After a while, Hojo Kawakei walked in.

There were two Japanese women who came in with him, all of them had fair-skinned skin, were beautiful and delicate.

Zhao Xu came back to his senses in an instant. He looked at the Watanabe case and said, "I take it as a gift. I accept it as you wish, but you should take it back."

He is naturally not Liu Xiahui, an ordinary person.

When he came to this world, he decided to live a free and unrestrained life, wake up to take charge of the world, and lie drunk in the lap of a beautiful woman.

But at the beginning of the great chaos in Japan, we must not act recklessly, lest we lose our lives.

Hojo Kawakei seemed to see Zhao Xu's thoughts. He said: "Your Highness, don't worry. They are my daughters. It is their honor to serve Your Highness. I only ask Your Highness to take them back to Dasong. I don't ask them to be here." As a concubine in the palace, all I have to do is stay.”

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "But if you do this, the other three families will also follow suit. You should go back."

"Hahaha, Your Highness, no man in the world would dislike having too many beauties." Hojo Kawakei laughed.

"That's the case. If you set a precedent, will Korea, Jiaozhi or other countries follow suit in the future?" Zhao Xu said sternly, "It's better to take him back. If the king really wants someone, no one can stop him. Don’t live.”

"This..." Hojo Kawakei looked at his daughter.

"If you don't feel at ease, then send your eldest son to Yancheng." Zhao Xu knew that Hojo Kawakei and the others wanted to maintain their relationship with the palace.

In this case, it is better to engage in proton diplomacy.

This is a commonly used diplomatic strategy during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to express submission to the great powers.

Moreover, once its domestic situation changes unfavorably to the suzerain country.

The sovereign country can then send the proton back and restore order to the chaos in the name of the proton.

Furthermore, since Proton grew up in the suzerain country, the suzerain country can directly affect Proton's team and Proton's attitude towards the suzerain country.

To put it simply, the proton and the officials who follow the proton can be cultivated into pro-sovereign forces, thereby maintaining the suzerain's influence on the subordinate countries.

"Yes, Your Highness, this is exactly what we have been waiting for." Hojo Kawakei's gloomy mood suddenly became clear.

Having been to Dasong, he understands how amazing Dasong is now.

He believes that his son will definitely learn many advantages of Dasong when he goes to Dasong.

After a pause, he continued, "In addition, we hope to send more officials and generals' sons to Dasong, and we hope that His Highness will agree."

Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this.

Previously, the King of Goryeo also made a similar request to him.

That is to say, the crown prince of Goryeo and the children of high-ranking officials were sent to Daesong to study.

That is to say, sending overseas students.

During this time, he has been thinking about this matter.

Now, Hojo Kawakei also made the same request, and he had to consider it again.

Generally speaking, he believed that this matter could be granted, but with certain limitations.

After all, this is beneficial to Dasong’s cultural penetration into Japan and Korea.

Furthermore, the most advanced knowledge of Dasong is not found in major colleges, but in research and development institutes.

This is equivalent to the fact that the college only provides undergraduate level knowledge.

But if you want to master graduate-level knowledge, you must enter a research institute after graduation and continue your studies.

Therefore, even if Korea and Japan sent people to study abroad, they could only stop at the academy.

What we can grasp is just the surface.

Moreover, he will try his best to guide them to the liberal arts department of the college to learn some language and government affairs.

Of course, he can also refuse this request.

But just like blocking water, it will spread to other places.

There is no guarantee that they will not secretly bribe the Dasong people who go to Japan and ask them to teach them the knowledge in the academy.

As the demand for external exploration in Dasong becomes stronger and stronger in the future, more and more people will leave Dasong.

It says there is no profit-seeking person, that is impossible.

Or, they could simply send people to Western Tu secretly, which would give Western Tu influence in Japan.

In this case, why not generously allow them to send their children to study in Dasong, and let them be grateful.

Thinking of this, he said: "I promise you, but the scandal is ahead. You are responsible for the expenses of studying abroad. If they violate the law in Dasong, they will be punished according to the law. I will not tolerate it."

Those who can go to Dasong to study must be the children of prominent families in Japan and Korea.

They live a luxurious life and take care of their own expenses, so they can provide Dasong with a group of generous consumers.

As for his warning, he told them to keep their tails between their legs and not cause trouble in Dasong.

"This is natural." Hojo Kawakei nodded repeatedly, feeling ecstatic in his heart.

While the two were talking, the voices of three people from Ono Town asking for a meeting came from outside.

Zhao Xu shook his head and said to Hojo Kawakage, "When you go out, just tell them everything I told you without missing a word."

"Yes, Your Highness." Hojo Kawakage bowed and left with his two daughters.

After Hojo Kawakage left, Zhao Xu fell asleep.

The next day, he set off to return to Yancheng.

Yang He and the officials and businessmen stayed to continue discussing business matters.

When returning to Yancheng, Zhao Xu ordered a steamship to go along the Dapu River and visit the Goryeo royal city when he passed the sea area of ​​Yanzhou.

In front of the Goryeo king, he also agreed to his request to send students abroad.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The Goryeo king was pleasantly surprised, "I will order the prince to go to Yancheng to study immediately."

Zhao Xu nodded, and then inspected the Dasong garrison in Rangcheng accompanied by the Goryeo king.

Afterwards, he summoned the Dasong officials and businessmen in Rangcheng to inquire about their business situation in Goryeo.

Of course, the key point is whether they have been harassed by Goryeo officials.

"Please be at ease, Your Highness. We are like fish in water here. At present, all the important mineral deposits in Goryeo have been taken by us. The largest grain merchants, cloth merchants, salt merchants, etc. are all our people." The officials and merchants said.

Zhao Xu was relieved when he heard this.

He controlled the trade between Goryeo and Japan in this way, and he would bring the huge profits obtained from the two countries back to Dasong.

In this way, the two countries will lack funds to build their own industries, and the people will always be in poverty.

And it is part of his plan.

The development of Dasong's industry requires a large number of industrial population.

Especially after entering the second industrial revolution, the required industrial population will increase exponentially.

At that time, Dasong will be seriously short of people.

However, he will naturally not introduce these two countries as industrial population.

Instead, he will give them the work of digging ore and building railways, so that the people of Dasong can be freed and enter the workshop to participate in industrial production, thereby maximizing industrial benefits.

As for the people of Goryeo and Dongying, he would not enslave them directly, but would recruit them to Dasong as laborers, and replace the people of Dasong to mine and pave roads with low wages. After all, it would be a waste if the 40 million people in the two countries combined were not utilized.